Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Special prosecutor in Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ shooting steps down
(Reuters) - The special prosecutor handling the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 "Rust" movie set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins announced on Tuesday she is stepping down...
Mar 14, 2023
Analysis-DeSantis sharpens divide between Republican isolationists and hawks over Ukraine
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2024 Republican presidential race could become a contest between isolationists and foreign policy hawks after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent his stronge...
Mar 14, 2023
U.S. FDA expands authorization of Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 shots in kids
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) of the company and its partner BioNTech SE's bivalent COVID-19 vacc...
Mar 14, 2023
Ryan Redington arrives in Nome, Alaska to win Iditarod sled dog race
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Ryan Redington, who hails from a family of hall-of-fame mushers, reached Nome, Alaska, ahead of his rivals on Tuesday to win the grueling Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in hi...
Mar 14, 2023
U.S. withdraws Trump-era land deal in Alaska wildlife refuge
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Tuesday it rescinded a land swap deal struck by former President Donald Trump's interior secretary that would have allowed a new road to c...
Mar 14, 2023
Green groups sue Biden admin over approval of Alaska Willow oil project
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the Biden administration's approval of ConocoPhillips' Willow oil and gas project in Alaska, which th...
Mar 14, 2023
U.S. Senate’s banking panel chairman: Congress unlikely to tighten banking rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should enact financial regulations to strengthen stress tests and capital and liquidity standards for banks, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown sa...
Mar 14, 2023
Explainer-Storms in California: What are ‘atmospheric rivers?’
(Reuters) - Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage....
Mar 14, 2023
US Interior Dept withdraws land exchange around Alaska refuge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday withdrew a land exchange around a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, reversing a 2019 move by the administration of former Presid...
Mar 14, 2023
Manhunt for ex Maryland governor’s former top aide after court no-show
(Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday said it issued an arrest warrant and began a manhunt for Roy McGrath, the former top aide to an ex Maryland governor, for not appearing in court to face charges of wire...
Mar 14, 2023
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